# blending

> English word · Verb · IPA /ˈblɛndɪŋ/ · frequency rank #16,182

## Definitions
1. present participle and gerund of blend

## Etymology
From Middle English blendinge, equivalent to blend + -ing.

## Easily confused with
- **bonding** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/blending-vs-bonding)
- **breeding** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/blending-vs-breeding)
- **blessing** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/blending-vs-blessing)
- **branding** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/blending-vs-branding)
- **blinking** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/blending-vs-blinking)
- **blinding** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/blending-vs-blinding)
- **bounding** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/blending-vs-bounding)
- **binding** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/binding-vs-blending)
- **bending** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/bending-vs-blending)
- **bedding** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/bedding-vs-blending)
- **banding** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/banding-vs-blending)
- **bleeding** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/bleeding-vs-blending)

## Common misspellings (13)
`bblending`, `belnding`, `bledning`, `blendding`, `blendign`, `blendingg`, `blendinng`, `blendnig`, `blenidng`, `blennding`, `bllending`, `blneding`, `lbending`

## Source
Compiled from Wiktionary via kaikki.org (CC BY-SA). Data vintage: 2026-05-06.
Canonical page: https://plainspell.com/en/word/blending